Improvement in spring bed-bottoms



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SPRING BED-BOTTOM.

Patented July 11. 1876.

WITNESSES M N-PETERS, PNOTO-LITNOGMPHER, WASHINGTON. D.

c NBI'IED STATES PATENT OFFIon.

WILLIAM ORIOH, OF HORNELLSVILLE, YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN SPRING BED-BOTTOMS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 179,770, dated July 11,1876; application filed April 24, 1876.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM ORIou, ofHornellsville, in the county of Steuben, and in the State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Spring Bed-Bottoms;and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of thisspecification.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction andarrangement'of two frames, hinged together and connected by a series ofcoiled-wire springs, which are peculiarly constructed, as will behereinafter fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawings,-making part of this specification, Figure1 represents a longitudinal section, and Fig. 2 a portion of a planview.

In the figures, A A represent two bars, which run longitudinally of thebed-bottom. Upon these bars are placed and secured a series of slats, BB, which carry the springs. D D represent the springs, which are spiraland conical in shape. The end of the wire at the small end of the springpasses through a slot in the slat B, and has a loop formed upon it,which extends below the slat and is secured by means of a pin, 6, whichpasses through it. The springs are formed in their largest or upper coilwith a bend or enlargement, as seen atI I, and the end of the wire isbent and caught in this bend or enlargement, and is thus prevented fromslipping out of place. 0

represents a rectangular frame, which is hinged at J to the lower frame.This hinge is placed at thefoot of the frame. The head of the frame 0 issupported upon the head slat, not only by a series of the springs D D,.but by an inverted spring, E, at each side. The springs D D areconnected together by the metallic bands an, and to the sides of theframe 0 by means of the leather or suitable straps e 6. By connectingthese springs together by the bands 0, a, and then connecting them tothe frame 0 by the straps ee, they are securely held in place, andcannot be disarranged. I

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A bedbottom composed of longitudinal bars A A, and cross-slats B B,and the hinged frame 0, constructed and arranged substantially as setforth.

2. The springs D D, having bend or enlargement in their upper coil, andconnected together, as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination of the two frames, with the springs, as constructedand arranged and connected, as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this25th day of March, 1876.

WILLIAM ORIOH.

Witnesses:

HENRY PLATT, F. D. SHERWOOD.

